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ยป redbluffdailynews.com Friday, February 19, 2016 50CENTS ANEDITIONOFTHECHICOENTERPRISE-RECORD Jr. Spartans Jr. Midget cheerleaders at nationals Sports B1 Plum Valley Students make Valentines for veterans Education B3 Grow?Ranchorride? Readaboutlocalandnational Ag, rural, ranch and rodeo news and commentary. VISIT REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/ RODEO DOYOU RODEO? Web bonus More news and opinion. redbluffdailynews.com By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF A37-year-oldmanled severalTehamaCountylawenforce- ment agencies on an early morning pursuit Wednesday from Walnut Street to Ottman Avenue and Dusty Way be- tween State Route 99W and Raw- son Road near Red Bluff. Charles Casey Paul, 37, was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the TEHAMA COUNTY Onearrested on Rawson Ro ad i n ea rl y morning By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County Pub- lic Works Director Gary Antone announced Wednesday in an e- mail that the Tehama County Flood Control and Water Con- servation bid to be the exclu- sive Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) for Tehama County has been approved. The agency, which is made up of the Tehama County Board of Supervisors, is now listed on the California Department of Wa- ter Resources list of GSA for- mation notifications, which can be viewed at http://www.water. ca.gov/groundwater/sgm/gsa_ta- ble.cfm. It lists all agencies who have notified the intent to be the exclusive or overlapping GSA in an area. "The Tehama County Flood Control and Water Conservation District is now listed as the ex- WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT Gr ou nd wa te r Sustainability de pa rt me nt approved By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF A Corning man orig- inally charged with soliciting two murders from jail met with a visit- ing judge Thursday at the Tehama County Superior Courthouse and his sentencing was pushed back to April 12 due to military records not being received by the court. Travis Kilburger, 29, pleaded guilty Sept. 14, 2015 to inflicting corporal injury, criminal threats on a spouse and false imprison- ment with violence. The military records may show Kilburger had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder while in the mil- itary, opening up the possibility mental health issues are a factor in the case. At a previous hearing the sen- tencing date was changed be- cause Kilburger's defense attor- ney brought this new discovery to the table. Visiting Judge Robert McEl- hamy postponed sentencing to allow sufficient time for the Pro- bation Department to gather in- formation regarding Kilburger's possible PTSD he may have suf- fered while serving in the Navy. Kilburger is facing a sentence of up to 15 years and four months in state prison. As per the request of Kilburg- er's defense attorney and in agree- ment with the prosecutor the sen- tencing date was pushed back again to allow for military re- cords to be retrieved and signed by Kilburger. While the issue of PTSD should have been brought up prior to the first sentencing date, McElhamy said at the time he would have the Probation Department inves- tigate the matter and move for- ward when all information had been presented to the court. In May of 2014 Kilburger was arrested on charges of corpo- ral injury against his estranged spouse. While incarcerated he reportedly came up with a plan COURTS Domesticviolencecasedelayed By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RICHFIELD The new Thomes Creek Bridge on State Route 99W has been reopened as of Feb. 11 after about a month's delay, some of which was caused by rain. Prior to opening the bridge to traffic, Civil Engineer Shawn Furtado, who was in charge of overseeing the con- struction, and his assistant, Engineering Technician III George Trnka, stopped Ro- berta Hemping, who was on her way north, to commemo- rate the event with a photo. Before the bridge was re- opened, traffic was detoured for about 10 months at Gyle Road. The project, originally to be completed in January, was late starting due to an issue involving birds using the bridge to nest. That is- sued needed to be resolved prior to the March 2015 start of construction. The $5.6 million proj- ect was to replace a 1921 bridge, which had been re- constructed in 1950, with a new bridge constructed by CC Myer, said Kevin Rosser, Tehama County Public Works senior civil engineer. New for the department was con- structing a see-through Type 80 barrier rail. The previous structure, once rated the lowest in the state for a sufficiency rating, was demolished in March, Rosser said. It was a 625-foot- long concrete bridge that had been listed as structurally de- ficient for decades. The Thomes Creek Bridge project was funded about 88 percent by the Federal High- way Bridge Program, 11 per- cent from State Transporta- tion Improvement Program funding and less than one percent from Tehama County road funds. BRIDGE THOMES CREEK BRIDGE AT ROUTE 99W RE-OPENED COURTESY PHOTO A photo taken at 3:11p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11commemorates the re-opening of the State Route 99W bridge at Thomes Creek. Pictured is Roberta Hemping, on her way north, with Shawn Furtado, civil engineer, and his assistant, Engineering Technician III George Trnka. COURTESY PHOTO The Thomes Creek Bridge at State Route 99W, pictured here as a side view, was re-opened to the public on Feb. 11. Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 Opinion............A6 Weather ..........A8 Sports.............. B1 Education........B3 Index............... ## INDEX Have a great day, Tom Moulton. GOOD MORNING High-speed rail planners hope to build an operating 250- mile portion for starters using existing funding. PAGEA7 CALIFORNIA Bullet train officials push plan to head north Feds using eye scans, facial recognition technology to verify identities of foreigners leaving U.S. on foot. PAGE A7 US-MEXICO Border checkpoint scans departing faces Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. 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